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http://www.businessinsider.com/mel-gibsons-costa-rican-jungle-compound-2014-10HOUSE OF THE DAY: Mel Gibson Has Relisted His 500-Acre Costa Rican Jungle Compound For $30 Millionhttp://www.businessinsider.com/mel-gibsons-costa-rican-jungle-compound-2014-10
Fri, 17 Oct 2014 16:16:00 -0400Dennis Green
<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static4.businessinsider.com/image/544033976da81129269b4b23-837-627/melgibsonscostaricanmansion-2.jpg" border="0" alt="melgibsonscostaricanmansion"></p><p></p>
<p>Mel Gibson just cannot find a buyer for his $30 million Costa Rican estate (<a href="http://curbed.com/archives/2014/10/15/mel-gibson-is-asking-30m-for-his-costa-rican-home-with-500acre-private-jungle.php#more">via Curbed</a>).<span style="line-height: 1.5em;"></span></p>
<p>The home, which has been languishing on the market since 2010, was purchased by Gibson back in 2007 as a refuge from the paparazzi that dogged him.</p>
<p><span>And though you may not think of Costa Rica as a super exclusive retreat for millionaires, this piece of real estate may just change your mind.</span></p>
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">The estate has over 500 acres of secluded jungle surrounding it, as well as three villas on the property.</span></p>
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">This is the third time the forested compound has been listed for sale. The first was in 2010 for $32 million and the second in 2012 for $29.8 million, <a href="http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304724404577295591605770460?mod=WSJ_RealEstate_LEADTopNews&amp;mg=reno64-wsj&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052702304724404577295591605770460.html%3Fmod%3DWSJ_RealEstate_LEADTopNews">according to The Wall Street Journal</a>.</span></p>
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">Maybe the third time will be the charm for this $29.7 million slice of paradise.</span></p><h3>Playa Barrigona is located on the Nicoya Peninsula, a completely secluded section off the western coast of Costa Rica.</h3>
<img src="http://static1.businessinsider.com/image/54402256eab8ea2e39f582d4-400-300/playa-barrigona-is-located-on-the-nicoya-peninsula-a-completely-secluded-section-off-the-western-coast-of-costa-rica.jpg" alt="" />
<br/><br/><h3>The Spanish influence radiates through the home, evident in the entrance courtyard.</h3>
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<br/><br/><h3>The main home, Casa Guanacaste, is a hacienda-style residence with two floors, 8 bedrooms, and 7 bathrooms.</h3>
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Tue, 24 Jun 2014 09:55:00 -0400TRAVIS REILLY
<p><a href="http://www.thewrap.com/tag/gary_oldman/" title="See all Gary Oldman" class="autotagged"><img src="http://static6.businessinsider.com/image/53a980daecad04ad0ff86497-800-/gary-oldman-4.jpg" border="0" alt="gary oldman" width="800" />Gary Oldman</a>&nbsp;might not be the&nbsp;<em>only</em>&nbsp;actor fed up with the new look of Hollywood, but suddenly he's the most vocal.</p>
<p>In a surprisingly frank&nbsp;<a href="http://www.playboy.com/playground/view/gary-oldman-playboy-interview?page=4" target="_blank">Playboy</a>&nbsp;interview, the &ldquo;Dawn of the Planet of the Apes&rdquo; star eviscerates a film industry that has made him millions while also coming across as strangely supportive of ostracized celebrities like&nbsp;<a href="http://www.thewrap.com/tag/mel_gibson/" title="See all Mel Gibson" class="autotagged">Mel Gibson</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="http://www.thewrap.com/tag/alec_baldwin/" title="See all Alec Baldwin" class="autotagged">Alec Baldwin</a>.</p>
<p><strong>1. On Hollywood's sensitivity toward racism:<br /></strong>&ldquo;At the Oscars, if you didn't vote for '12 Years a Slave&rsquo; you were a racist.&rdquo;</p>
<p><strong>2. On the political correctness police:<br /></strong>&ldquo;I just think political correctness is crap. That's what I think about it. I think it's like, take a f---ing joke. Get over it. I heard about a science teacher who was teaching that God made the earth and God made everything and that if you believe anything else you're stupid. A Buddhist kid in the class got very upset about this, so the parents went in and are&nbsp;suing the school!&nbsp;The school is changing its curriculum! I thought, All right, go to the school and complain about it and then that's the end of it. But they're going to sue! No one can take a joke anymore.&rdquo;</p>
<p><strong>3. On Bill Maher and Jon Stewart's free pass:<br /></strong>&ldquo;Well, if I called Nancy Pelosi a c--t&ndash;and I'll go one better, a f---ing useless c--t&ndash;I can't really say that. But&nbsp;<a href="http://www.playboy.com/playground/view/playboy-interview-bill-maher">Bill Maher</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="http://www.thewrap.com/tag/jon_stewart/" title="See all Jon Stewart">Jon Stewart</a>&nbsp;can, and nobody's going to stop them from working because of it. Bill Maher could call someone a f-- and get away with it. He said to&nbsp;<a href="http://www.thewrap.com/tag/seth-macfarlane/" title="See all Seth MacFarlane">Seth MacFarlane</a>&nbsp;this year, &lsquo;I thought you were going to do the Oscars again. Instead they got a lesbian.&rsquo; He can say something like that. Is that more or less offensive than&nbsp;<a href="http://www.thewrap.com/tag/alec_baldwin/" title="See all Alec Baldwin">Alec Baldwin</a>&nbsp;saying to someone in the street, &lsquo;You f--'? I don't get it.&rdquo;</p>
<p><strong>4. On empathizing with&nbsp;<a href="http://www.thewrap.com/tag/mel_gibson/" title="See all Mel Gibson" class="autotagged">Mel Gibson</a>:<br /></strong>&ldquo;I don't know about Mel. He got drunk and said a few things, but we've all said those things. We're all f---ing hypocrites. That's what I think about it. The policeman who arrested him has never used the word&nbsp;n----r&nbsp;or&nbsp;that f---ing Jew? I'm being brutally honest here. It's the hypocrisy of it that drives me crazy. Or maybe I should strike that and say &lsquo;the&nbsp;N&nbsp;word&rsquo; and &lsquo;the&nbsp;F&nbsp;word,&rsquo; though there are two&nbsp;F&nbsp;words now.&rdquo;</p>
<p><strong>5. On his political leanings:<br /></strong>&ldquo;I would say that I'm probably a libertarian if I had to put myself in any category. But you don't come out and talk about these things, for obvious reasons.&rdquo;</p>
<p><strong>6. On legalizing marijuana:<br /></strong>&ldquo;It's silly to me. I'm not for it. Drugs were never my bag. I mean, I tried it once and it wasn't for me, though, unlike Bill Clinton, I did inhale. To me, the problem is driving. People in Colorado are driving high and getting DUIs. That's what I worry about. Listen, if you want to do cocaine, heroin, smoke marijuana, that's fine by me. It's just that I worry about kids behind the wheel of a car more than anything.&rdquo;</p>
<p><strong>7. On his insecurities as an actor:<br /></strong>&ldquo;At first I passed on ['Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy'], but then I couldn't stop thinking about it. Once I signed on, I thought, F--k me! I can't do this. I can't pull this off. Everybody's going to see what a fake I am. This is the moment I get found out. Who does he think he is? He thinks he's Alec Guinness.&rdquo;</p>
<p><strong>8. On the death of colleague&nbsp;<a href="http://www.thewrap.com/tag/philip_seymour_hoffman/" title="See all Philip Seymour Hoffman" class="autotagged">Philip Seymour Hoffman</a>:<br /></strong>&ldquo;On the outside someone like Philip Seymour Hoffman appeared to be happy professionally. He had kids; he was working with interesting people. But one never really knows. What eventually happens is you put the drink or the drug before everything else. There's no argument about how good he was, but who knows what was going on inside? I don't mean this disrespectfully, but maybe he looked in the mirror and always saw that very pale sort of fat kid. It's a real tragedy for his family.&rdquo;</p>
<p><strong>9. On the importance of winning Oscars and Golden Globes:<br /></strong>&ldquo;What people don't realize is that you need to work at being a celebrity. I'm not talking about movies. I mean the other side of it. You have to campaign. It's a whole other part of your career, and I wish I could have navigated it a bit better. I may have an Oscar now, had I&hellip;&nbsp;I know it certainly doesn't mean anything to win a Golden Globe, that's for sure.&rdquo;</p><p><strong>SEE ALSO:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/dawn-of-the-planet-of-the-apes-final-trailer-2014-6" >New 'Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes' Trailer Will Make You Jump</a></strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/gary-oldmans-playboy-interview-2014-6#comments">Join the conversation about this story &#187;</a></p> http://www.businessinsider.com/mel-gibson-as-x-mens-wolverine-in-1997-2014-5Mel Gibson Was Offered The Role Of X-Men's Wolverine Back In 1997http://www.businessinsider.com/mel-gibson-as-x-mens-wolverine-in-1997-2014-5
Tue, 13 May 2014 11:23:00 -0400B. Alan Orange
<p><img src="http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/537229aa6bb3f79763bab4fa-1200-600/hugh-jackman-wolverine-4.jpg" border="0" alt="hugh jackman wolverine" /></p><p>Before director&nbsp;<a href="http://www.movieweb.com/person/bryan-singer" class="person" rel="hc-PEIayRJMYx1xMN">Bryan Singer</a>&nbsp;became attached to&nbsp;<a href="http://www.movieweb.com/movie/x-men" class="movie" rel="hc-FIjQejjnSpJamp">X-Men</a>, 20th Century Fox had a decidedly different take on the source material. Their original plan was to cast&nbsp;<a href="http://www.movieweb.com/person/bob-hoskins" class="person" rel="hc-PEzIYABFpfRiDE">Bob Hoskins</a>, who recently passed away, as the indestructible Mutant with the antimantium claws.</p>
<p>Before they eventually decided on&nbsp;<a href="http://www.movieweb.com/person/dougray-scott" class="person" rel="hc-PExspzCD2JHjAG">Dougray Scott</a>, they also went after&nbsp;<a href="http://www.movieweb.com/person/mel-gibson" class="person" rel="hc-PEO0iOSUXSuhSV">Mel Gibson</a>, who was hugely popular at the time, and&nbsp;<a href="http://www.movieweb.com/person/russell-crowe" class="person" rel="hc-PE4oN7764WNO78">Russell Crowe</a>, who was not. As luck would have it, fate stepped in, and&nbsp;<a href="http://www.movieweb.com/person/dougray-scott" class="person" rel="hc-PExspzCD2JHjAG">Dougray Scott</a>&nbsp;had to bow out of the film, due to obligations to&nbsp;<a href="http://www.movieweb.com/movie/mission-impossible-2" class="movie" rel="hc-FIqj4svwjY5utt">Mission: Impossible 2</a>, which needed him back for reshoots. Unknown&nbsp;<a href="http://www.movieweb.com/person/hugh-jackman" class="person" rel="hc-PE2Qza36sqNF56">Hugh Jackman</a>&nbsp;would step in to fill the role, and the rest, as we know, is history.<br /><br />Today, we get to see what&nbsp;<a href="http://www.movieweb.com/person/mel-gibson" class="person" rel="hc-PEO0iOSUXSuhSV">Mel Gibson</a>&nbsp;would have looked like as Logan had he actually been cast in a piece of concept art from&nbsp;<strong>Miles Teves</strong>.</p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">
<p>In 1997 MEL GIBSON was offered the role of Wolverine in <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23XMen&amp;src=hash">#XMen</a> here is the concept by Miles Teves. <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23DOFP&amp;src=hash">#DOFP</a> <a href="http://t.co/UNyfNl0N3n">pic.twitter.com/UNyfNl0N3n</a></p>
&mdash; will mccrabb (@mccrabb_will) <a href="https://twitter.com/mccrabb_will/statuses/464147286528770049">May 7, 2014</a></blockquote>
<p><a href="http://www.movieweb.com/movie/x-men" title="X-Men">X-Men</a><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">&nbsp;was released&nbsp;</span><a href="http://www.movieweb.com/movies/2014/week/2000/week/28" title="July 14th, 2000">July 14th, 2000</a><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">&nbsp;and stars&nbsp;</span><a href="http://www.movieweb.com/person/hugh-jackman" class="person">Hugh Jackman</a><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">,&nbsp;</span><a href="http://www.movieweb.com/person/patrick-stewart" class="person">Patrick Stewart</a><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">,&nbsp;</span><a href="http://www.movieweb.com/person/ian-mckellen" class="person">Ian McKellen</a><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">,&nbsp;</span><a href="http://www.movieweb.com/person/famke-janssen" class="person">Famke Janssen</a><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">,&nbsp;</span><a href="http://www.movieweb.com/person/james-marsden" class="person">James Marsden</a><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">,&nbsp;</span><a href="http://www.movieweb.com/person/halle-berry" class="person">Halle Berry</a><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">,&nbsp;</span><a href="http://www.movieweb.com/person/anna-paquin" class="person">Anna Paquin</a><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">,&nbsp;</span><a href="http://www.movieweb.com/person/tyler-mane" class="person">Tyler Mane</a><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">. The film is directed by&nbsp;</span><a href="http://www.movieweb.com/person/bryan-singer" class="person">Bryan Singer</a><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">.</span></p><p><strong>SEE ALSO:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/x-men-days-of-future-past-trailer-2014-3" >'X-Men' Are Fighting Extinction In New Trailer</a></strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/mel-gibson-as-x-mens-wolverine-in-1997-2014-5#comments">Join the conversation about this story &#187;</a></p> http://www.deadline.com/2014/03/mel-gibson-career-hollywood-deserves-chance/10 Years After 'The Passion Of The Christ,' It's Time To Give Mel Gibson Another Chancehttp://www.deadline.com/2014/03/mel-gibson-career-hollywood-deserves-chance/
Wed, 12 Mar 2014 13:45:00 -0400Allison Hope Weiner
<p>.</p><p><a href="http://www.deadline.com/2014/03/mel-gibson-career-hollywood-deserves-chance/#comments">Join the conversation about this story &#187;</a></p> http://www.businessinsider.com/jeff-gundlach-mel-gibson-in-whole-foods-2013-5Jeff Gundlach And Mel Gibson Were On An Elevator In Whole Foods, And What Happened Next Had Gundlach Chucklinghttp://www.businessinsider.com/jeff-gundlach-mel-gibson-in-whole-foods-2013-5
Fri, 17 May 2013 00:22:12 -0400Sam Ro
<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/51531386eab8ea694200000a-400-/jeff-gundlach-11.jpg" border="0" alt="jeff gundlach" width="400" /></p><p>The legend of bond investing god <a class="hidden_link" href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/jeffrey-gundlach">Jeff Gundlach</a> continues to grow.</p>
<p>After making a name for himself by accurately predicting the trajectory of interest rates, Gundlach also made successful calls on natural gas, Japanese stocks, <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/jeffrey-gundlach-on-apple-2013-5">and Apple</a>.</p>
<p>After getting burglarized, he even <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/gundlachs-helped-the-fbi-2012-11">played a critical role in tracking down</a> his stolen goods.</p>
<p>All of the public success has caused <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/jeff-gundlach-doubleline-funds-40-billion-aum-2012-7">his assets under management</a> to balloon to around $60 billion.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/16/us-funds-investing-doubleline-idUSBRE94F16B20130516">Reuters' Samuel Forgione and Jennifer Ablan</a> have a new interview with Gundlach. It includes a story proving the bond god's elevated status:</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">All of these calls have elevated Gundlach into something of a rock star, even in jaded Los Angeles where entertainment celebrities, not money managers, rule the roost.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">He was in an elevator at a local Whole Foods grocery store with the actor <a class="hidden_link" href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/mel-gibson">Mel Gibson</a> and a third person, he told <a class="hidden_link" href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/reuters">Reuters</a>. But it wasn't Gibson who caught the other person's eye, it was Gundlach.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">"The guy looks around the elevator and looks at me and says: 'You're Jeffrey Gundlach,'" said Gundlach, chuckling a bit.</p>
<p>Read the whole profile at <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/16/us-funds-investing-doubleline-idUSBRE94F16B20130516">Reuters.com</a>.</p><p><strong>SEE ALSO:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/jeff-gundlach-ira-sohn-presentation-2013-5" >INVESTMENT CUBISM: Here's The Awesome Presentation Jeff Gundlach Gave To The Exclusive Sohn Conference ></a></strong></p>
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Tue, 03 Jul 2012 11:43:00 -0400Kirsten Acuna
<p class="hidden_link"><strong><img style="float:right;" src="http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/4c3851c47f8b9a7a095e0400-400-/mel-gibson.jpg" border="0" alt="Mel Gibson" width="400" style="float: right;" /></strong><strong><a href="../../blackboard/mel-gibson" class="hidden_link"></a></strong>Add <strong>Mel Gibson</strong>'s 78-year-old stepmother to the long list of <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/listen-to-mel-gibsons-latest-rage-filled-rantheres-todays-buzz-2012-4" target="_blank">people accusing the actor of verbal abuse</a>.<strong>&nbsp;</strong>&nbsp;</p>
<p class="p1">According to <a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/mel-gibson-stepmother-restraining-order-344270"><em>The Hollywood Reporter</em></a>, <strong>Joye Hicks Gibson</strong>, wife of Gibson's father, Hutton, filed a request for a temporary restraining order against the actor claiming she fears for her safety.</p>
<p class="p2">From documents filed by Joye, it appears Gibson and his stepmother have reportedly been in disagreement over <strong>Hutton Gibson</strong>'s medical treatment for some time.&nbsp;</p>
<p class="p2">Last month, Gibson's father, filed for divorce from Joye citing <a href="http://www.tmz.com/2012/06/05/mel-gibson-father-hutton-joye-elder-abuse-divorce/">suspicions of elder abuse</a>.&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tmz.com/2012/06/05/mel-gibson-father-hutton-joye-elder-abuse-divorce/">Reportedly</a>, Joye was holding out from giving the 93-year-old Hutton medications to accelerate his death under the belief that's what he really wanted. Mel, on the other hand, has been insistent on his father taking his medications.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
<p class="p1">In the legal documents, <a href="http://images.eonline.com/static/news/pdf/GibsonRestrainingOrder.pdf">posted by E! Online</a>, Joye claims Mel had been using experimental Ozone treatments on Hutton, worsening his condition.&nbsp;</p>
<p class="p1">From the filing:&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
<p class="p1" style="padding-left: 30px;">"I explained to Mel that I would like for him to consider some alternative forms of conventional treatments for Hutton. In response, Mel began yelling and saying "f--- this and f--- that" while leveling other extremely offensive language at me &hellip; I do recall that Mel threatened me and screamed at me on the phone &hellip;"</p>
<p class="p2">Joye also claims she was "completely baffled" by the divorce, insisting her "devout catholic" husband was tricked by Mel and/or possibly his sister Maura Dunne into filing "while he was in a weakened physical or mental state."</p>
<p class="p2" style="padding-left: 30px;">"I fear that Mel and his sister have manipulated Hutton after I left for Houston to visit with friends and attend my grandson's graduation to file for divorce against his free will, and without his reasoned consent."</p>
<p class="p2">The papers also list in detail acts of abuse sustained by Joye from October 2011 up until May of this year:&nbsp;</p>
<p class="p2" style="padding-left: 30px;">- Mel's "unlawful attempts to force Joye to move out of the marital residence she has shared with Hutton since 2007."</p>
<p class="p2" style="padding-left: 30px;">- An incident on January 1, 2012 where Mel looked "wild and began yelling" at Joye while Hutton was admitted in the hospital.&nbsp;</p>
<p class="p2">According to the documents, Mel's "violent tirades" have left Joye "petrified and in fear that he was going to cause her serious bodily injury."&nbsp;</p>
<p class="p1">In the restraining order, she asks Gibson stay 100 yards away from her and "that Mel not block or interfere with my attempts to communicate with my husband."&nbsp;</p>
<p class="p1">She also requested Gibson go to a 52-week batterer intervention program after&nbsp;suggesting he has serious anger management problem, or maybe even a bipolar illness.</p>
<p class="p1">A hearing has been <a href="http://www.tmz.com/2012/07/02/mel-gibson-restraining-order-step-mom-divorce-hutton/" target="_blank">scheduled for next month</a>.&nbsp;</p>
<h2 class="p1">SEE ALSO: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/katie-holmes-scientologists-are-now-watching-me-2012-7" target="_blank">Katie Holmes says Scientologists are following her every move &gt;</a></h2><p><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/mel-gibsons-stepmother-orders-a-restraining-order-against-actor-2012-7#comments">Join the conversation about this story &#187;</a></p> http://www.businessinsider.com/woody-allens-son-publicly-wishes-him-happy-brother-in-laws-day-on-fathers-dayheres-todays-buzz-2012-6Woody Allen's Son Publicly Wishes Him 'Happy Brother-In-Law's Day' On Father's Day—Here's Today's Buzzhttp://www.businessinsider.com/woody-allens-son-publicly-wishes-him-happy-brother-in-laws-day-on-fathers-dayheres-todays-buzz-2012-6
Tue, 19 Jun 2012 10:18:00 -0400Aly Weisman
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<li><strong><img style="float:right;" src="http://static1.businessinsider.com/image/4f0f30496bb3f7304b00001c/woody-allen.jpg" border="0" alt="woody allen " />Ronan Farrow</strong>, the 24-year-old son of <strong>Woody Allen </strong>and <strong>Mia Farrow</strong>, <a href="http://www.gossipcop.com/woody-allen-son-fathers-day-ronan-farrow-twitter-tweet-brother-in-law-soon-yi-previn/" target="_blank">blasted his dad on Father's Day by tweeting</a>: "Happy father&rsquo;s day&mdash;or as they call it in my family, happy brother-in-law&rsquo;s day.&rdquo; To which Mia Farrow re-tweeted, adding "BOOM." The disses come after Allen wed Farrow's adopted daughter,<strong> Soon-Yi </strong>in 1992.<strong><br /></strong></li>
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<li><strong>Bobby Brown</strong> <a href="http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20604518,00.html" target="_blank">ties the knot in Hawaii to his manager</a>. While four of his children were in attendance, <strong>Bobbi Kristina</strong>, his daughter with <strong>Whitney Houston</strong>, was not.</li>
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<li><strong>Arsenio Hall</strong> is back on late night. The "Celebrity Apprentice" winner <a href="http://www.gossipcop.com/arsenio-hall-new-talk-show-2013-late-night-tv/" target="_blank">will launch a new 11 p.m. syndicated talk show</a> in September 2013.</li>
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<li>For the first time in more than a decade,<strong> Regis</strong> and <strong>Kathie Lee</strong> <a href="http://tvline.com/2012/06/18/regis-kathie-lee-reunion-today-show/#more-338141" target="_blank">will reunite to co-host </a>the fourth hour of the "Today" show.</li>
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<li><strong>Shiba Russell</strong> replaces <strong>Sue Simmons</strong> as <strong>Chuck Scarborough</strong>'s co-anchor of WNBC's evening newscast, <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/television/shiba-russell-big-tv-news-sue-simmons-seat-wnbc-article-1.1098152" target="_blank">ending the longest-running partnership in local TV news history</a>.</li>
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<li><strong>Mel Gibson</strong> crashed <strong>Maria Menounos'</strong> birthday party and <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2161368/Mel-Gibson-sweeps-Maria-Menounos-feet-Hawaiian-themed-birthday-bash.html" target="_blank">literally swept her off her feet</a>&mdash;on the dance floor.</li>
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<li>NSFW! <strong>Shia LaBeouf</strong> goes fully nude (yes, <em>everything</em>) in new<strong> Sigur R&oacute;s</strong> music video. You can <a href="http://www.youtube.com/verify_age?next_url=/watch%3Ffeature%3Dplayer_embedded%26v%3Dscctp8-xYX4" target="_blank">watch it here</a>, but don't say we didn't warn you!</li>
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<li><strong>Taylor Kitsch</strong> <a href="http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20604910,00.html" target="_blank">says that filming sex scenes</a> with <strong>Blake Lively</strong> in their upcoming "Savages" was "very awkward." "I was just glad it was over with, to be honest," said Kitsch. "A lot of sexual improv was going on there. God knows we had two weeks of rehearsal, so we talked until we were about to pass out, and then [we shot the sex scenes] on the day I think I knew Blake three days &hellip; four days maybe."</li>
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<h2>SEE ALSO: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/charlie-sheen-retiring-after-anger-management-2012-6">Charlie Sheen says he's retiring after "Anger Management" &gt;</a></h2><p><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/woody-allens-son-publicly-wishes-him-happy-brother-in-laws-day-on-fathers-dayheres-todays-buzz-2012-6#comments">Join the conversation about this story &#187;</a></p> http://www.businessinsider.com/mel-gibsons-former-connecticut-home-listed-for-33-million-2012-5HOUSE OF THE DAY: Mel Gibson's Old Greenwich Mansion Is Back On The Market For $33 Millionhttp://www.businessinsider.com/mel-gibsons-former-connecticut-home-listed-for-33-million-2012-5
Wed, 16 May 2012 17:14:00 -0400Meredith Galante
<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static2.businessinsider.com/image/4fb3d2a469beddd96a000006/mel-gibson-connecticut-house.jpg" border="0" alt="mel gibson connecticut house" /></p><p><span style="float:right;"></span>The Connecticut home that previously belonged to <strong><a class="hidden_link" href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/mel-gibson">Mel Gibson</a></strong> <a href="http://www.sothebyshomes.com/greenwich/sales/0066123#">was re-listed last week at $32.995 million, making it the new most expensive home for sale in the state</a>.</p>
<p>Old Mill Farm, located in Greenwich, was built in 1926 and is a historic landmark in the town.</p>
<p>The house has 15,800 square feet of living space, 15 bedrooms, 10-full bathrooms, and seven-half baths.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/01/mel-gibson-sells-home-for_n_632235.html">Gibson sold the home in the summer of 2010 for $24 million</a>.</p><h3>Welcome to Old Mills Farm. </h3>
<img src="http://static6.businessinsider.com/image/4fb3cbe569bedd695f000000-400-300/welcome-to-old-mills-farm.jpg" alt="" />
<br/><br/><h3>The Great Hall has 40-foot cathedral ceilings. </h3>
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<br/><br/><h3>The details are exquisite, including 17th century English paneling. </h3>
<img src="http://static4.businessinsider.com/image/4fb3cc30eab8eacf2d00000b-400-300/the-details-are-exquisite-including-17th-century-english-paneling.jpg" alt="" />
<br/><br/><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/mel-gibsons-former-connecticut-home-listed-for-33-million-2012-5#the-kitchen-has-a-huge-sub-zero-refrigerator-and-freezer-4">See the rest of the story at Business Insider</a> http://www.businessinsider.com/top-10-pricey-divorce-settlements-in-hollywood-2012-5The Most Expensive Celebrity Divorces In Hollywoodhttp://www.businessinsider.com/top-10-pricey-divorce-settlements-in-hollywood-2012-5
Mon, 14 May 2012 12:48:00 -0400Ana Douglas
<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static4.businessinsider.com/image/4fabe97369beddbd16000000-401-299/kim-kardashian-kris-humphries.jpg" border="0" alt="Kim-Kardashian, Kris-Humphries" width="401" height="299" /></p><p>It seems in Hollywood nothing is as perfect and glossy as it appears from the outside&mdash;including marriage.</p>
<p>Today Hollywood marriages often imply a whirlwind romance, lavish wedding ceremony, and quickie divorce. (<strong><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/kim-kardashian" class="hidden_link">Kim Kardashian</a></strong>, anyone?)</p>
<p>Actor/comedian<strong> Robin Williams</strong> once said, "Ah yes, divorce ... from the Latin word meaning to rip out a man's genitals through his wallet." Williams' two high-profile divorces cost him over $20 million, causing him to be quite the cynic about divorce proceedings.</p>
<p>As we saw with <strong><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/heidi-klum" class="hidden_link">Heidi Klum</a></strong> and <strong>Seal'</strong>s separation, a once amicable separation can quickly turn into a vicious and prolonged battle at the mere mention of money. It is reported that Seal is now after <em>half</em> of Heidi's hard earned $70 million fortune.</p><h3>$70 Million fortune in jeopardy: Heidi Klum and Seal</h3>
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<p><p class="slide-title">Their 2012 break up was initially amicable, supermodel&nbsp;<strong>Heidi Klum</strong> filed for divorce from&nbsp;singer <strong>Seal</strong>, her husband of seven years. But since then, the divorce has become bitter and Seal, who is worth around $15 million, is reportedly <a href="http://www.tmz.com/2012/04/10/seal-divorce-response-heidi-klum-joint-custody-postnuptial-agreement-community-property/" target="_blank">after half of Heidi's $70 million fortune</a>.</p></p>
<br/><br/><h3>$45 Million: Michael Douglas and Diandra Douglas</h3>
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<p><p>When <strong>Michael Douglas</strong> was just a 19-year-old struggling actor, he met Georgetown student <strong>Diandra Luker</strong> at a <strong>Jimmy Carter</strong> inauguration party in 1977. Six weeks later, the new couple wed.</p>
<p>21 years after the couple tied the knot and after Douglas rose to worldwide fame, Douglas and Luker divorced. <a href="http://www.burnslawnj.com/articles/top-ten-most-expensive-divorces-of-all-time/" target="_blank">She got to keep $45 million</a>, and a home in both Beverly Hills and Majorca.</p>
<p>Douglas wed actress <strong>Catherine Zeta-Jones</strong> in 2000.</p></p>
<br/><br/><h3>$48.6 Million: Paul McCartney and Heather Mills </h3>
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<p><p>The 2008 divorce between <strong>Heather Mills</strong> and ex-Beatle <strong>Sir Paul McCartney</strong> awarded the former model <a href="http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20186762,00.html" target="_blank">$48.6 million</a>. It pays to be powerful&mdash;this figure was $201 million less than what the former model asked for.</p></p>
<br/><br/><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/top-10-pricey-divorce-settlements-in-hollywood-2012-5#50-million-kelsey-grammer-and-camille-grammer-4">See the rest of the story at Business Insider</a> http://www.businessinsider.com/jimmy-fallons-saturday-night-live-audition-tape-kardashians-do-dc-2012-4Watch Jimmy Fallon Imitate Celebs In His 1998 'SNL' Audition Tape—Here's Today's Buzzhttp://www.businessinsider.com/jimmy-fallons-saturday-night-live-audition-tape-kardashians-do-dc-2012-4
Mon, 30 Apr 2012 09:26:00 -0400Aly Weisman
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<li><img style="float:right;" src="http://static5.businessinsider.com/image/4f9e8c1169beddbb61000000/jimmy-fallon.jpg" border="0" alt="Jimmy Fallon" />Here's what <strong>Beyonc&eacute;</strong> <a href="http://www.vulture.com/2012/04/beyonce-heard-crazy-surrogate-conspiracy.html" target="_blank">has to say about us thinking she didn't actually birth</a> <strong>Blue Ivy</strong>. &ldquo;That was crazy. It wasn&rsquo;t hurtful, it was just crazy,&rdquo; B told <em>People</em> magazine.</li>
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<li><strong>Khlo&eacute;</strong> and<strong> Lamar</strong><a href="http://www.tmz.com/2012/04/30/khloe-kardashian-lamar-odom-spin-off-show/" target="_blank"> are pulling the plug on their E! spin-off show</a> so Lam-Lam can focus on his basketball career.</li>
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<li><strong>Anna Paquin</strong> <a href="http://celebritybabies.people.com/2012/04/29/white-house-correspondents-dinner-pregnant-anna-paquin/" target="_blank">debuts her baby bump</a>&nbsp;<strong>Jimmy Kimmel</strong> <a href="http://www.gossipcop.com/kim-kardashian-white-house-correspondents-dinner-jokes-video-jimmy-kimmel/" target="_blank">slams the <strong>Kardashians</strong></a>, at the White House Correspondents' Dinner.</li>
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<li>Meanwhile, <strong>Kanye Wes</strong>t is <a href="http://www.eonline.com/news/kanye_west_already_acting_like_family/312401" target="_blank">fitting into the <strong>Kardashian</strong> klan quite nicely</a> and is "already acting like family. He fits in and gets along better with everyone than <strong>Kris [Humphries]</strong> ever did."</li>
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<li>Bachelor <strong>Ben Flajinik</strong> and <strong>Courtney Robertson</strong> <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2136994/Courtney-Robertson-Ben-Flajinik-strip-reveal-toned-beach-bodies-poolside-party.html" target="_blank">flaunt their bikini bods</a> poolside in Vegas&mdash;for the photogs and a check, per usual.</li>
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<li><strong>Lady Gaga</strong> wears a crazy purple dress <a href="http://www.gossipcop.com/lady-gaga-purple-hair-dress-pictures-photos-hong-kong/" target="_blank">made entirely of ... hair</a>.</li>
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<li><strong><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/mel-gibson" class="hidden_link">Mel Gibson</a></strong> <a href="http://www.gossipcop.com/mel-gibson-tonight-show-jay-leno-april-27-video-joe-eszterhas/" target="_blank">joked about rage-filled rant</a> on "Tonight Show": "I've got a temper."</li>
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<li>Spotted: <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2137177/Heavily-pregnant-Jessica-Simpson-goes-bumpy-drive-days-date.html" target="_blank">Seriously pregnant <strong>Jessica Simpson</strong></a>, prompting<strong> Katy Perry</strong> to tweet,&nbsp;"Has Jessica Simpson had that baby yet?! I'm getting anxious" and <strong>Chelsea Handler</strong>, "How has jessica simpson still not given birth to this baby? I'm getting frightened."</li>
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<li>Watch <strong>Jimmy Fallon</strong> impersonate <strong>Adam Sandler</strong>,<strong> Jerry Seinfeld</strong>, <strong>U2</strong>, <strong>John Lennon</strong> and <strong>Alanis Morissette</strong> in his 1998 audition video for "Saturday Night Live." Apparently, it went well.</li>
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<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <iframe width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/u1aKiolG2CA"></iframe></p>
<h1><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/reed-alexander-icarly-star-and-health-advocate-2012-4" target="_blank">Now check out a day in the life of an up-and-coming young TV star &gt;</a></h1><p><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/jimmy-fallons-saturday-night-live-audition-tape-kardashians-do-dc-2012-4#comments">Join the conversation about this story &#187;</a></p> http://www.businessinsider.com/listen-to-mel-gibsons-latest-rage-filled-rantheres-todays-buzz-2012-4Listen To Mel Gibson's Latest Rage-Filled Rant—Here's Today's Buzzhttp://www.businessinsider.com/listen-to-mel-gibsons-latest-rage-filled-rantheres-todays-buzz-2012-4
Thu, 19 Apr 2012 10:04:00 -0400Aly Weisman
<ul>
<li><img style="float:right;" src="http://static5.businessinsider.com/image/4f901661ecad042e5d000012-352-542/mel-gibson.png" border="0" alt="Mel Gibson" width="352" height="542" />Whoa, we cannot get over <strong>Mel Gibson</strong>'s latest <a href="http://www.tmz.com/2012/04/19/mel-gibson-joe-eszterhas-audio-rant-sue-lawsuit/" target="_blank">rage-filled rant</a> in which he yells at screenwriter<strong> Joe Eszterhas</strong> "What the f**k have you been doing!!" after lack of progress on "The Maccabees" script.</li>
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<li>The list of Cannes film festival nominees has <a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/movies/2012/04/cannes-lineup-2012-announcement-films-festival.html" target="_blank">just been announced</a> and it's heavy on U.S. talent.</li>
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<li>Celebrities such as <strong>Ryan Seacrest</strong>, <strong>Mario Lopez</strong>, and<strong> Denise Richards</strong> <a href="http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20588363,00.html" target="_blank">tweet their condolences</a> to<strong> Dick Clark.</strong></li>
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<li>Even<strong> President Obama</strong> <a href="http://www.tmz.com/2012/04/18/president-obama-dick-clark-statement-death/#.T5AQ0Ep5HJw" target="_blank">released a statement praising</a><strong> Dick Clark</strong> as an innovator who "reshaped the television landscape forever... But more important than his groundbreaking achievements was the way he made us feel&mdash;as young and vibrant and optimistic as he was."<strong></strong></li>
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<li>Now that<strong> Gary Ross</strong> is officially out, Here's who's <a href="http://www.eonline.com/news/hunger_games_sequel_whos_on_lionsgates/309956" target="_blank">on the short list</a> to direct<strong> "The Hunger Games" </strong>sequel.<strong></strong></li>
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<li>Model<strong> Miranda Kerr</strong> <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2132015/Miranda-Kerr-shows-flexible-figure-PVC-mesh-seductive-Reebok-campaign.html" target="_blank">gets seriously bendy</a> in this new Reebok ad.<strong></strong></li>
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<li><strong>Kelly Osbourne</strong> debuts her new <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2131842/Kelly-Osbourne-displays-touched-purple-locks-steps-dinner-Dita-Von-Teese.html" target="_blank">violet-colored hair</a> while out to dinner with <strong>Dita Von Teese</strong>.</li>
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<li>Marvel teamed up with Mondo to create <a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/avengers-posters-black-widow-scarlett-johansson-hawkeye-jeremy-renner-mondo-alamo-drafthouse-313864?utm_source=dlvr.it&amp;utm_medium=twitter" target="_blank">seven limited edition posters</a> for "The Avengers."</li>
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<li>Don't get rid of your subscription yet. <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/netflix" class="hidden_link">Netflix</a> will film and stream <a href="http://www.deadline.com/2012/04/netflix-to-stream-all-10-new-episodes-of-arrested-development-at-once-report/" target="_blank">ten new episodes of "Arrested Development"</a> all at once next year.&nbsp;</li>
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<li><strong>Justin Bieber</strong>, <strong>Lady Gaga</strong> and <strong>Tim Burton</strong> <a href="http://collider.com/barry-sonnenfeld-men-in-black-3-interview/159745/" target="_blank">will appear as aliens</a>&nbsp;in the upcoming film "Men in Black 3."</li>
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<li>The trailer for "Magic Mike" the <strong>Steven Soderbergh</strong>-directed film about and starring <strong>Channing Tatum</strong> as a male stripper is finally here. Watch below.</li>
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<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <iframe width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/eMU7s6cwxEM"></iframe></p><p><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/listen-to-mel-gibsons-latest-rage-filled-rantheres-todays-buzz-2012-4#comments">Join the conversation about this story &#187;</a></p> http://www.businessinsider.com/mel-gibson-selling-costa-rica-property-photos-2012-3Mel Gibson Is Selling This 500-Acre Jungle Compound In Costa Rica For $29.8 Millionhttp://www.businessinsider.com/mel-gibson-selling-costa-rica-property-photos-2012-3
Fri, 23 Mar 2012 16:09:00 -0400Meredith Galante
<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static6.businessinsider.com/image/4f6cd0776bb3f7451e000075/mel-gibson.jpg" border="0" alt="mel gibson" /></p><p><span style="float:right;"></span><strong><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/mel-gibson" class="hidden_link">Mel Gibson</a></strong>'s <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/mel-gibson-homes-2011-4">real estate portfolio</a> is almost as extensive as his acting resume.</p>
<p>Now, the actor is selling his Costa Rica home, Playa Barrigona. <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304724404577295591605770460.html?mod=WSJ_LifeStyle_Lifestyle_5">He's asking $29.8 million for the beachfront estate</a>, which sits amid 500 acres of private jungle, according to <em>The <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/wall-street-journal" class="hidden_link">Wall Street Journal</a></em>.&nbsp;</p>
<p>There are three homes on the property, all of which are on a hilltop that overlooks the Pacific Ocean.</p>
<p>The house was originally listed in 2010 for $35 million; it was later taken off the market before being relisted.</p>
<p>Gibson also currently has a house on the market in <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/mel-gibson-selling-malibu-home-2011-3">Malibu, listed at $11.8 million</a>.</p><h3>Playa Barrigona is located on the Nicoya Peninsula. It's a private 500-acre beachfront and jungle compound.</h3>
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<br/><br/><h3>The courtyard is gated, even though the property is ultra private. </h3>
<img src="http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/4f6cd0ceeab8ea2127000097-400-300/the-courtyard-is-gated-even-though-the-property-is-ultra-private.jpg" alt="" />
<br/><br/><h3>The main residence on the property is a two-story hacienda-style house.</h3>
<img src="http://static2.businessinsider.com/image/4f6cd0d369bedd274700002e-400-300/the-main-residence-on-the-property-is-a-two-story-hacienda-style-house.jpg" alt="" />
<br/><br/><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/mel-gibson-selling-costa-rica-property-photos-2012-3#there-are-seven-bedrooms-and-eight-bathrooms-a-large-courtyard-and-a-swimming-pool-4">See the rest of the story at Business Insider</a> http://www.businessinsider.com/a-near-bankrupt-synagogue-has-asked-mel-gibson-for-a-large-donation-2012-1A Near-Bankrupt Synagogue Has Asked Mel Gibson For A Large Donationhttp://www.businessinsider.com/a-near-bankrupt-synagogue-has-asked-mel-gibson-for-a-large-donation-2012-1
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:15:18 -0500Taylor Bigler
<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static5.businessinsider.com/image/4e7276a2ecad048810000012/mel-gibson.jpg" border="0" alt="MEl Gibson" /></p><p>One California synagogue on the brink of bankruptcy has asked for financial help from an unlikely donor: Mel Gibson.</p>
<p>Congregation Beth Shalom in Corona, Calif., wrote a letter to the embattled actor asking to help their flailing synagogue, TMZ&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tmz.com/2012/01/27/mel-gibson-temple-anti-semitic-contribution/" target="_blank">reports</a>:</p>
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<p>&ldquo;Our proposal to you, Mr. Gibson, is since you have been cited as an Anti-Semitic, and have denied those allegations, what better way to prove to all your fans and the nay Sayers &mdash; than to endorse and help raise funds for our cause &mdash; SOS, Save Our Synagogue.&rdquo;</p>
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<p>But the best part of the letter is the last line:&nbsp;&nbsp;&rdquo;Mr. Gibson, we offer you to be a Mensch and make a sizable contribution to our cause.&rdquo;</p>
<p>The embattled actor&rsquo;s anti-Semitic tirade to a police officer after being pulled over for a DWI was caught on tape.</p>
<p>In the 2006 police report of the incident, Gibson is cited as yelling: &ldquo;Fucking Jews&hellip; The Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world.&rdquo; Gibson then asked a police officer, &ldquo;Are you a Jew?&rdquo;</p>
<p>Gibson&rsquo;s film, &ldquo;The Passion of the Christ,&rdquo; was viewed by some critics as having anti-Semitic undertones.</p>
<p>Gibson has denied allegations of anti-Semitism.</p>
<p><em><a href="http://dailycaller.com/2012/01/27/synagogue-asks-mel-gibson-for-large-donation/">This post</a> originally appeared at <a href="http://dailycaller.com/">The Daily Caller.</a></em>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/a-near-bankrupt-synagogue-has-asked-mel-gibson-for-a-large-donation-2012-1#comments">Join the conversation about this story &#187;</a></p> http://www.businessinsider.com/house-republicans-payroll-tax-congress-braveheart-2011-12You'll Never Believe What House Republicans Did To Get Ready For The Payroll Tax Fighthttp://www.businessinsider.com/house-republicans-payroll-tax-congress-braveheart-2011-12
Wed, 21 Dec 2011 11:00:30 -0500Grace Wyler
<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static2.businessinsider.com/image/4b829c4b00000000008649d1/braveheart.jpg" border="0" alt="Braveheart" /></p><p>Cabin fever has set in at the Capitol, and it seems some members of Congress have completely lost it.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Amid this week's <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/wsj-slams-republicans-for-payroll-tax-cut-debacle-say-they-are-throwing-2012-election-to-obama-2011-12">bitter fight over the payroll tax extension</a>, House Republicans revved up for battle by huddling in a Capitol basement and recounting scenes from <em>Braveheart</em>, <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/house-republicans-intent-on-killing-senate-payroll-tax-cut-deal/2011/12/19/gIQApBDa5O_story.html">according to a <em>Washington Post</em> report.</a><em> </em></p>
<p>Seriously.</p>
<p>The <em>Post</em> reports that GOP lawmakers hunkered down for more than two hours Monday night, eating chicken sandwiches and taking turns comparing themselves to 13th century Scottish rebels. <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/braveheart-republicans-or-false-hearted/2011/12/20/gIQA2Rxz7O_print.html">According to <em>Post</em> columnist Dana Milbank</a>, one member recounted the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tr8bZ25uo1U">scene where Mel Gibson/William Wallace orders his men to wait before attacking the English cavalry</a>, prompting the other lawmakers to chant "Hold! Hold! Hold!"</p>
<p>This is disturbing on several levels, not least because it lays bare the absolute partisan rancor that has brought Washington to a standstill.</p>
<p>It is also an unfortunate analogy, if you remember how the movie ends. As White House communications director Dan Pfeiffer pointed out this morning, things don't turn out so good for the Scots. (SPOILER ALERT: <a class="hidden_link" href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/mel-gibson">Mel Gibson</a> dies.)</p>
<p><a href="https://twitter.com/#!/pfeiffer44/status/149453661859364864">Pfeiffer tweets: </a></p>
<p><em>"The GOP equated their efforts to defeat a tax cut to Braveheart, but do they actually remember how the film ends? Answer: Not well for them."</em></p><p><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/house-republicans-payroll-tax-congress-braveheart-2011-12#comments">Join the conversation about this story &#187;</a></p> http://www.businessinsider.com/celebrities-doing-stupid-things-driving-2011-9DRIVING WHILE FAMOUS: Celebrities Who Did Dumb Stuff Behind The Wheelhttp://www.businessinsider.com/celebrities-doing-stupid-things-driving-2011-9
Sat, 17 Sep 2011 17:40:00 -0400Louis Rix
<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static6.businessinsider.com/image/4d21bd5fcadcbb290a1e0000/lindsay-lohan.jpg" border="0" alt="Lindsay Lohan" /></p><p>The world of A-list celebrities has become something of a joke in recent years.</p>
<p>People like Paris Hilton have managed to secure world-wide fame by having sex on tape and by having a rich dad. It's pretty ridiculous.</p>
<p>But thankfully, there is salvation, as these "celebrities" are often just socialites, meaning they typically get themselves into quite a mess of an evening.</p>
<p>So with that being said, here&rsquo;s a quick run-down of some of the most infamous celebrities who were caught behind the wheel being very naughty, indeed.</p><h3>Paris Hilton was found driving without a license. Twice.</h3>
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<p><p>While Paris Hilton&rsquo;s name was brought up, it makes sense to start with her.</p>
<p>The heiress to the Hilton Empire is one of the most well-known celebrities in Hollywood, but that doesn&rsquo;t mean she's talented. Sure, she&rsquo;s a business woman; she has her own TV show, her own perfume and her own sex tape, but does that really mean she deserves all the limelight?</p>
<p>Let's be honest, Paris is only famous because she was good looking and did a sex-tape. That's it.</p>
<p>Her fame hasn't come from fortune, more One Night in Paris. As a result, she's not exactly socially adept to typical normality.</p>
<p>An example of this would be when she was convicted of driving without a license back in 2007. She was given a suspended 45-day sentence, and it was world-wide news.</p>
<p>But what does Paris do? Does she sit back and ponder on her stupidity? Of course not! What she does is continue to drive anyway! She's the heiress of the Hilton Empire; she can do as she pleases!</p>
<p>Well, in reality, she actually can't. The police pulled her over again and she got herself into even more trouble. Shame.</p></p>
<br/><br/><h3>George Michael crashed his Range Rover in London.</h3>
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<p><p>Ex-Wham!</p>
<p>Singer George Michael has been in-and-out of the public consciousness for a good decade now.</p>
<p>He&rsquo;s famous for being one of the UK&rsquo;s most successful artists, but he's also infamous for his drugs and driving habits.</p>
<p>Unfortunately for George, when he does go a bit mad, it&rsquo;s usually headline news. And that point was proven back in 2006 when George crashed his Range Rover in London.</p>
<p>A Good Samaritan found him and subsequently called the police &ndash; which we're sure he wouldn&rsquo;t have been too pleased about. Why? Simple; because the police found cannabis and GHB on his person and, rather worryingly, sex toys in the trunk.</p></p>
<br/><br/><h3>Lindsay Lohan was caught texting while driving.</h3>
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<p><p>Lindsay Lohan was on her way to international stardom a few years ago, and now, despite her obvious acting talent, most people just know her as a girl who struggles with drugs and alcohol.</p>
<p>It&rsquo;s a sad state of affairs, and while she may be having her problems, that doesn&rsquo;t excuse texting behind the wheel. Surely, these celebrities realize that we know who they are.</p>
<p>They are famous! With fame, comes attention, and if you&rsquo;re not intelligent enough to realize that, perhaps you should give it up.</p></p>
<br/><br/><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/celebrities-doing-stupid-things-driving-2011-9#police-found-hugh-grant-in-a-car-with-a-hooker-4">See the rest of the story at Business Insider</a> http://www.businessinsider.com/pippa-kardashian-ass-wedding-pictures-2011-9BABY GOT BACK! Stars Who Made Their Careers Based On Their Rearshttp://www.businessinsider.com/pippa-kardashian-ass-wedding-pictures-2011-9
Thu, 15 Sep 2011 12:30:00 -0400Dana Eisenberg
<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static1.businessinsider.com/image/4e6f7dd96bb3f7a61c00001a-396-312/nicki-minaj.jpg" border="0" alt="nicki minaj" width="396" height="312" /></p><p>Use what the good lord gave you.</p>
<p>In recent years more than a few Hollywood stars have managed to launch their careers solely on the strength of their...assets.</p>
<p><strong>Pippa Middleton</strong>, who stole the world's, er, attention this past April with her bottom clinging bridesmaid dress is reportedly set to make an unintentional foray into the film scene.</p>
<p>A UK film company says they producing a biopic about Pippa's life in response to increased interest...in how she pulled off that dress?</p>
<p>No matter.&nbsp; Pippa is merely the latest person to back their way into Hollywood.&nbsp; Here are some others.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p><h3>Jennifer Lopez arguably made the behind famous for the first time since the 1950's</h3>
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<br/><br/><h3>Kim Kardashian pretty much owes her career to her behind. It has so much star power she even got x-rays on an episode of "Keeping Up With The Kardashians" to prove she didn't have implants.</h3>
<img src="http://static2.businessinsider.com/image/4e7217aeeab8eaad38000004-400-300/kim-kardashian-pretty-much-owes-her-career-to-her-behind-it-has-so-much-star-power-she-even-got-x-rays-on-an-episode-of-keeping-up-with-the-kardashians-to-prove-she-didnt-have-implants.jpg" alt="" />
<br/><br/><h3>Beyonce is so proud to be "Bootylicious" she wrote an entire song about it. </h3>
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<br/><br/><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/pippa-kardashian-ass-wedding-pictures-2011-9#ice-ts-wife-coco-is-famous-forbeing-married-to-ice-t-oh-and-also-her-butt-4">See the rest of the story at Business Insider</a> http://www.businessinsider.com/mel-gibson-2011-9In His Next Film, Famous Anti-Semite Mel Gibson Will Play A Jewish Iconhttp://www.businessinsider.com/mel-gibson-2011-9
Fri, 09 Sep 2011 09:00:00 -0400Megan Angelo
<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static6.businessinsider.com/image/4e6a0d5069bedd195e000006/mel-gibson.png" border="0" alt="mel gibson" /></p><p>So, this happened:</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.deadline.com/2011/09/shocker-mel-gibson-and-joe-eszterhas-to-tell-iconic-jewish-hero-judah-maccabee-story-for-warner-bros/">Mel Gibson</a></strong> has been cast as the second-century warrior Judah Maccabee in an epic about the figure's life.</p>
<p>Did we mention Maccabee was a Jewish warrior?</p>
<p>And that, at this point (sorry, <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/mel-gibson-interview-jodie-foster-deadline-video-2011-4"><strong>Jodie Foster</strong> and "The Beaver"</a>), Gibson is more known for <a href="http://www.tmz.com/2006/07/28/gibsons-anti-semitic-tirade-alleged-cover-up/">his anti-Semitic rant</a> and other antics than his acting?</p>
<p>We can certainly believe that a celebrity as backed into a corner as Gibson is would resort to something like this as a public mea culpa.</p>
<p>What we can't understand is why a studio (Warner Bros.) would spend good money facilitating it.</p><p><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/mel-gibson-2011-9#comments">Join the conversation about this story &#187;</a></p> http://www.businessinsider.com/arnold-schwarzenegger-new-movie-angelina-jolie-brad-pitt-2011-7How 6 Scandalized Stars Fared In Their Box Office Comebackshttp://www.businessinsider.com/arnold-schwarzenegger-new-movie-angelina-jolie-brad-pitt-2011-7
Mon, 11 Jul 2011 17:15:00 -0400Megan Angelo
<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static1.businessinsider.com/image/a537544b412b9f499570e100/schwarzenegger-tbi.jpg" border="0" alt="schwarzenegger tbi" /></p><p>For several weeks, <strong><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/arnold-schwarzenegger" class="hidden_link">Arnold Schwarzenegger</a></strong>'s post-gubernatorial Hollywood career took a backseat to the collapse of his marriage.</p>
<p>But now he's gradually getting back into it -- he just booked the lead in a Western called "Last Stand."</p>
<p>The question that will haunt the film's production company, Lionsgate, from now until its release date: do moviegoers still want to watch Schwarzenegger onscreen?</p>
<p>For reference, they can take a look back at the post-scandal first attempts of these Hollywood stars.</p><h3>ACCEPTED: Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie.</h3>
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<p><p>After being named as the culprits of one of Hollywood's biggest cheating scandals ever, Pitt and Jolie led "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" to a $428 million global take.</p></p>
<br/><br/><h3>REJECTED: Ryan Philippe.</h3>
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<p><p>Philippe was rumored to be running around on <strong>Reese Witherspoon</strong> prior to their 2006 breakup. His next starrer, "Breach," made a tepid $33 million. (And his 2007 film "Stop-Loss," which co-starred his Witherspoon rebound <strong>Abbie Cornish</strong>, didn't fare much better.)</p></p>
<br/><br/><h3>ACCEPTED: Vanessa Hudgens.</h3>
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<p><p>Teen idol Hudgens had a PR nightmare on her hands when nude photos of her leaked -- but the scandal didn't stop young fans from lifting the next year's "High School Musical 3" to a $250 million gross.</p></p>
<br/><br/><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/arnold-schwarzenegger-new-movie-angelina-jolie-brad-pitt-2011-7#rejected-jude-law-4">See the rest of the story at Business Insider</a> http://www.businessinsider.com/mel-gibson-interview-jodie-foster-deadline-video-2011-4WATCH: The Trailer For Mel Gibson's Next Movie Ensures It Will Be A Total Laughingstockhttp://www.businessinsider.com/mel-gibson-interview-jodie-foster-deadline-video-2011-4
Fri, 22 Apr 2011 18:00:00 -0400Megan Angelo
<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static1.businessinsider.com/image/4db1d575ccd1d5aa2f1c0000/mel-gibson.png" border="0" alt="mel gibson" /></p><p>The trailer for "The Beaver," <strong>Mel Gibson</strong>'s return to film, has been quietly circulating online for months.</p>
<p>But in light of his tell-all <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/mel-gibson-interview-beaver-jodie-foster-cannes-deadline-hollywood2011-4">interview</a> today, we're taking a second look.</p>
<p>And we think, frankly, that someone needs to recut it fast.</p>
<p>"The Beaver," directed by <strong>Jodie Foster</strong>, already has two things working against it. One is its zany concept -- a depressed man finds solace in a bucktoothed puppet -- and the second is: oh, right, Mel Gibson is in it.</p>
<p>The trailer, as it stands right now, strike three.</p>
<p>It starts out melodramatic, builds to the puppet, and plays through like a goldmine of gaping Gibson faces and ticklish sound bites.</p>
<p>Unless somebody reworks this thing quickly, it's going to be murdered by Autotune aficionados and meme fiends. A fighting "Beaver" chance at the box office will disappear faster than you can say "Snakes on a Plane."</p>
<p>You'll see what we mean. Video below.</p>
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Fri, 22 Apr 2011 12:34:31 -0400The Deadline Team
<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static1.businessinsider.com/image/4d961301cadcbbed19360000/mel-gibson.jpg" border="0" alt="mel gibson" /></p><p>On May 6th, <strong>Mel Gibson</strong>&rsquo;s much-delayed comeback picture, <em>The Beaver</em>, will open in limited release. It&rsquo;s directed by his longtime friend and co-star <strong>Jodie Foster</strong>.</p>
<p>The movie has already garnered&nbsp;reviews praising Gibson&rsquo;s performance as &ldquo;the best of his career&rdquo; and there is talk that Gibson will make an appearance with Foster at the Cannes Film Festival to support the film.</p>
<p>But Hollywood and the rest of the world will be watching to see how the picture&nbsp;fares at the box office. Because its&nbsp;audiences will determine whether Mel Gibson can continue acting in front of the camera (and not just behind it as a successful producer, director, and writer).</p>
<p>The problem&nbsp;is that his once very private life has become public fodder&nbsp;&nbsp;&mdash; his 2006 DUI arrest and drunken anti-Semitic rant and his simultaneous separation from his wife of 28 years, his&nbsp;ex-girlfriend's 2010 allegations of abuse, his&nbsp;ongoing custody battle with her for their new baby, and his recent decision to plead no contest in criminal court to a misdemeanor charge. <strong>&nbsp;</strong></p>
<p><strong>Veteran Hollywood journalist</strong> <strong>Allison Hope Weiner</strong>&nbsp;sat down with Gibson in the Santa Monica offices of his Icon production company on April 18th:</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em>I opted to give Gibson's interview to Deadline because editors at other media outlets seemed inclined to use this story to pursue their own agendas. It's his&nbsp;first major sitdown since portions of the taped&nbsp;conversations between the filmmaker&nbsp;and his ex-girlfriend were leaked to the Internet. There were no pre-set conditions, no topic off limits, and no ground rules. This is just Mel being Mel. I&nbsp;found him to be funny but also melancholy, occasionally brazen and often abashed. And I was often reminded that I was in the presence of a true creative talent. I&rsquo;ve always found Gibson to be amazingly honest in interviews, but I was taken aback at times by how self-knowing he was in response to certain questions. While there were topics Gibson was legally prohibited from discussing, he did his best to provide&nbsp;direct answers to all of my questions:&nbsp;</em></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em>Speaking for the first time about leaked audio recordings of angry conversations between himself and his ex-girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva,&nbsp;Gibson&nbsp;explains the context in which they were recorded: "It&rsquo;s one terribly awful moment in time, said to one person in the span of one day, and doesn&rsquo;t represent what I truly believe or how I&rsquo;ve treated people my entire life.&rdquo; He said&nbsp;that if the scandal means that the public no longer wants to see him on the big screen,&nbsp;&ldquo;I could easily not act again. It&rsquo;s not a problem.&nbsp;However, Gibson has already&nbsp;lined up his next film:&nbsp;to re-team with Braveheart&rsquo;s Randy Wallace on an&nbsp;Alexander Dumas-like "swashbuckler kind of stuff&rdquo; where he won't be the leading man.&nbsp;</em></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em>Gibson praises those Hollywood friends like Whoopi Goldberg who spoke out on his behalf and notes that he&rsquo;s also received many private calls of support. But he says about those Hollywood friends who didn't, &ldquo;it doesn&rsquo;t bother me. Why would anyone speak publicly and drag themselves through this crap?" He addresses the cast members of</em> Hangover II <em>who objected to his&nbsp;planned cameo in&nbsp;the film.&nbsp;Gibson says that he&rsquo;s continued to write during the tapes scandal and hasn&rsquo;t allowed it to keep him from living his life. But he admits to rethinking&nbsp;his movie career as an actor:&nbsp;&ldquo;If I could make that choice again, I&rsquo;d make a different choice.&rdquo;&nbsp; Here's the Q&amp;A:</em></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em><strong>DEADLINE&rsquo;S ALLISON HOPE WEINER:</strong>&nbsp;Were people angry at you about what you said on tapes?</em><br /> <strong>GIBSON:</strong> I was angry at me.&nbsp; But, no one expressed any anger at me.&nbsp; They may have felt it.&nbsp;</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em><strong>WEINER:&nbsp;</strong>Do you feel regret over what you said on the tapes?</em><br /> <strong>GIBSON:</strong>&nbsp; Of course.&nbsp;</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em><strong>WEINER:</strong> After the tapes ended up on line, many people asked themselves how could someone who&rsquo;s been around this long and knows the business managed to get into a position where so much of their private life ended up on line? Did you ever think that those private conversations would eventually get out?&nbsp;</em><br /> <strong>GIBSON:</strong> [<em>Looks at the ceiling and shakes his head and sighs</em>] Who anticipates being recorded?&nbsp; Who anticipates that?&nbsp;&nbsp; Who could anticipate such a personal betrayal? <strong>&nbsp;</strong></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em><strong>WEINER:</strong> People didn&rsquo;t understand how you could say the things you did on these tapes.&nbsp; They wondered, what kind of person says those things.&nbsp; Right now, many people think you&rsquo;re a racist and that you hate women from listening to those tapes.</em><br /> <strong>GIBSON:</strong> I&rsquo;ve never treated anyone badly or in a discriminatory way based on their gender, race, religion or sexuality -- period. I don&rsquo;t blame some people for thinking that though, from the garbage they heard on those leaked tapes, which have been edited.&nbsp; You have to put it all in the proper context of being in an irrationally, heated discussion at the height of a breakdown, trying to get out of a really unhealthy relationship. It&rsquo;s one terribly, awful moment in time, said to one person, in the span of one day and doesn&rsquo;t represent what I truly believe or how I&rsquo;ve treated people my entire life.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em><strong>WEINER:</strong> Are you worried that audiences will hold what happened against you, and you won&rsquo;t be able to act anymore?<br /> </em><strong>MEL GIBSON:</strong> I don&rsquo;t care if I don&rsquo;t act anymore.&nbsp;</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em><strong>WEINER:</strong> Really? Is that true?<br /> </em><strong>GIBSON:</strong> It really is true.&nbsp;</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em><strong>WEINER:</strong> Aren&rsquo;t you going to be hurt if people judge you based on what they believe occurred here?<br /> </em><strong>GIBSON:</strong> I&rsquo;m beyond that, way beyond that. The whole experience has been most unfortunate. And so it&rsquo;s not without all the downside.&nbsp;</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em><strong>WEINER:</strong> But if you don&rsquo;t get to act again&hellip; I&rsquo;m asking the same question.<br /> </em><strong>GIBSON:</strong> I could easily not act again. It&rsquo;s not a problem. I&rsquo;m going to do something now because I want to do it and because it&rsquo;s fun. I&rsquo;ve already pulled another job and it&rsquo;s going to be fun. I don&rsquo;t know if it&rsquo;s going to get off the ground, but I&rsquo;m going to go work for [Best Picture Oscar winner <em>Braveheart</em>'s screenwriter] Randy Wallace again. He&rsquo;s got this script and he&rsquo;s had it for years. He wrote some book and he&rsquo;s adapted it to a script. And it&rsquo;s almost like Alexander Dumas &mdash; like that swashbuckler kind of stuff.&nbsp;</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em><strong>WEINER:</strong> Bodice-ripping?<br /> </em><strong>GIBSON:</strong> Yes. It&rsquo;s total bodice-ripping swashbuckling stuff, but it&rsquo;s funny. It&rsquo;s funny and yet it&rsquo;s got really good serious undertones too. Randy writes a decent script. And I responded to it right away. I thought this is hilarious. I&rsquo;ve got to do this. And I&rsquo;m not the main guy in the film -- which is great.&nbsp;</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em><strong>WEINER:</strong> You were going to do a small part in</em> Hangover II<em>. How did you respond to being asked to do that and then having cast members not want you in it? How did it feel to have them allow a convicted rapist</em> [Mike Tyson]<em> in the movie and not you?<br /> </em><strong>GIBSON:</strong> You have to let that go. I sat here and talked to [director] Todd [Phillips] about it. I like Todd. How could you not like Todd? He&rsquo;s smart and he&rsquo;s gifted and so are the other people in the film. It&rsquo;s okay. You just have to let that go.&nbsp;</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em><strong>WEINER:</strong> That&rsquo;s a very Hollywood hypocritical moment.<br /> </em><strong>GIBSON:</strong> It shows you a few things. You just move on and go okay. I&rsquo;m not greatly offended by it. It seemed like a good idea at the time and it went south.&nbsp;</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em><strong>WEINER:</strong> What gets you to the point of 'I don&rsquo;t care'? I don&rsquo;t believe you don&rsquo;t care about people coming to see your work.<br /> </em><strong>GIBSON:</strong> It&rsquo;s like being a chef. If you&rsquo;re making a cake, you don&rsquo;t just make the cake and have it look nice and have nobody tastes it. But that doesn&rsquo;t take away from your ability to execute what you do as well as you can and to have it be something for many. So that it&rsquo;s like, say <em>Apocalypto</em> when it came out. I think it&rsquo;s a good film. It doesn&rsquo;t have a lot of dialogue; it&rsquo;s mostly just like watching stuff happen in a language you never heard before. It didn&rsquo;t do surprisingly well at the box office, no, but it has this life where people see it and they go &ldquo;Whoa,&rdquo; and the feedback is really amazing, so you know that you&rsquo;ve hit. And that&rsquo;s enough. That&rsquo;s enough. And the end of the day, it&rsquo;s what did they think of that? Did they get something from it? Were they entertained? Were they educated? Were they elevated? Were they all three? You know, which is really good? Entertain, educate, elevate. I think that&rsquo;s what Jodie did [in <em>The Beaver</em>]. If you can get all three of those, you&rsquo;ve got the Trifecta going.&nbsp;</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em><strong>WEINER:</strong> Do you think that the audio tapes have hurt your ability to make your own movies?<br /> </em><strong>GIBSON:</strong> I don&rsquo;t know. I don&rsquo;t know. Guys like Robbie [CEO Rob Friedman] over at Summit [Entertainment] have been really nice. It didn&rsquo;t seem to bug those guys at all. They were like, &lsquo;This is crap. We&rsquo;re going out with this movie.&rsquo; The next movie I&rsquo;m in is <em>How I Spent My Summer Vacation</em> and it will have a distributor because we&rsquo;re in the business of entertainment.&nbsp;</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em><strong>WEINER:</strong> Even when the drunk driving/anti-semitic incident happened and was splashed everywhere, you continued to work. Do you just compartmentalize things so you can keep working when you&rsquo;re at the center of something like this?<br /> </em><strong>GIBSON:</strong> You have to. There are a lot of people depending on you. There are deadlines to meet and fiscal responsibilities. There are the basics of supporting yourself and those who depend on you and those commitments that you have to co-workers.&nbsp;</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em><strong>WEINER:</strong> What did you think of Whoopi Goldberg going out on a limb and publicly defending you?<br /> </em><strong>GIBSON:</strong> I knew Whoopi before she was Whoopi. And, as she&rsquo;s great and I always liked her and loved her. I like her even more now because she got it.&nbsp;</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em><strong>WEINER:</strong> She took a lot of flack for defending you.<br /> </em><strong>GIBSON:</strong> I know. I love her for it.&nbsp;</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em><strong>WEINER:</strong> Jodie&nbsp;defended you as well. But it&rsquo;s a short list of people who spoke out for you. What was your reaction to the fact that not many people publicly defended you?<br /> </em><strong>GIBSON:</strong> That doesn&rsquo;t bother me. Why would anyone want to speak publicly and drag themselves through this crap? It seems to add fuel to the fire. Very many people are supportive, of course, but you find out who your friends are. I have many friends and they&rsquo;ve been great.&nbsp;</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em><strong>WEINER:</strong> When we last spoke after you finished Apocalypto, you said you probably wouldn&rsquo;t act again. And, a four years later, you did the Edge of Darkness. You&rsquo;re in</em> The Beaver <em>now. Did something change?<br /> </em><strong>GIBSON:</strong> It was something different and it was also Jodie.&nbsp;I&rsquo;d give her a pedicure every day of the week if I could. We met on <em>Maverick</em> many years ago. I realized that one has a perception &mdash; everyone gets preconceptions. She totally surprised me. I knew she was bright, so that didn&rsquo;t surprise me. She was really bright. And she was pragmatic and extremely sensitive and a good heart, a real good heart. So how could you not become friends? We became fast friends and we maintained that over the years. We&rsquo;ve both had our different little journeys. It&rsquo;s untraditional. But there are a lot of things we have in common. I can empathize with her. From four years of age, she&rsquo;s been out there. And it&rsquo;s not that for me, but almost, because I was a baby when I started. I was probably more developmentally arrested at the age of 21 than she was at four. [<em>Laughs</em>] You couldn&rsquo;t get two people who are more diametrically opposed on everything that they think about religion and politics than what we do. But there is a core of goodness there that&rsquo;s undeniable and I just love her.&nbsp;</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em><strong>WEINER:</strong> Don&rsquo;t you find that a lot of your industry friends have different political beliefs than you?<br /> </em><strong>GIBSON:</strong> Nobody is the same. The whole notion of politics is they always present you with this or this or this. I&rsquo;ll get a newspaper to read between the lines. Why do you have to adhere to prescribed formulas that they have and people argue over them and they&rsquo;re all in a box. And you watch Fox claw CNN, and CNN claw Fox. Sometimes I catch a piece of the news and it seems insanity to me. I quietly support candidates. I&rsquo;m not out there banging a drum for candidates. But I have supported a candidate and it&rsquo;s a whole other world. Once you&rsquo;ve been exposed to it, once or twice or however many times, if you know the facts and see how they&rsquo;re presented, it&rsquo;s mind-boggling. It&rsquo;s a very scary arena to be in, but I do vote. I go in there and pull the lever. It&rsquo;s kind of like pulling the lever and watching the trap door fall out from beneath you. Why should we trust any of these people? None of them ever deliver on anything. It&rsquo;s always disappointing.&nbsp;</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em><strong>WEINER:</strong> You&rsquo;d kept much of your private life out of the public for so many years. And you kept this relationship with Oksana Grigorieva really private for quite some time. The public didn&rsquo;t even know you were dating her for a long while.<br /> </em><strong>GIBSON:</strong> It&rsquo;s nobody&rsquo;s business. It really isn&rsquo;t. Why is it? Why is it anyone&rsquo;s business? I think it detracts from my business. It&rsquo;s a change. And why is that of interest to anyone? It always baffles me. Why is that of interest to anyone? If people understood how mundane my life really is. You&rsquo;re sort of thinking, who cares? It&rsquo;s staggering. It&rsquo;s a surprise to me. It&rsquo;s just a life.&nbsp;</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em><strong>WEINER:</strong> It seems like you&rsquo;ve become really uncomfortable with your fame.<br /> </em><strong>GIBSON:</strong> Yes. When I was younger and it first started to happen, there&rsquo;s some kind of novelty to it in your twenties. You quickly realize before your twenties are over, you realize that it&rsquo;s not anything it appears to be in your imagination or any other thing, and that it has a lot of downside to it. Now you deal with that. It&rsquo;s like trying to put the toothpaste back in the tube, but you can&rsquo;t. The toothpaste is out there. You realize change has happened. You face it, you cope with it and you move on. And it&rsquo;s not easy. Change is always proceeded by a little pain. [<em>Shrugs shoulders with smile</em>.] Some people can change and they don&rsquo;t have to go through so many painful things. But I think that I&rsquo;m of a personality [<em>laughs at himself</em>] that I&rsquo;m a little stubborn, so it&rsquo;s tough for me.&nbsp;</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em><strong>WEINER:</strong> Do you think that being a movie star now is drastically different than when you first became famous&nbsp;30 years ago?<br /> </em><strong>GIBSON:</strong> Of course it&rsquo;s more difficult. The pop culture has become more frenetic. There are more forces at work that are far more invasive. However, I think it would be perfectly doable to defend ones loved ones from some of the harsher aspects of public life. You&rsquo;re not going to be a 100% successful. But you can see when it&rsquo;s on purpose. It&rsquo;s so blatantly easy to avoid at times and you can tell when it was unavoidable.</p>
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<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em><strong>WEINER:</strong> People don&rsquo;t know very much about who you really are. You had this public persona that seemed easy-going and always happy and joking. And I think people all thought that&nbsp;personality as the Lethal Weapon franchise evolved was yours.<br /> </em><strong>GIBSON:</strong> Yes. Kind of slightly manic. A kind of cuddly pathology.&nbsp;</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em><strong>WEINER:</strong> But your public persona is not really you.<br /> </em><strong>GIBSON:</strong> It never is. Remember old Cary Grant. People said, &ldquo;Boy, what&rsquo;s it like to be Cary Grant?&rdquo; [<em>Imitates Cary Grant voice and says</em>] &ldquo;I wouldn&rsquo;t know.&rdquo; It&rsquo;s like, &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know who that guy is.&rdquo;</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em><strong>WEINER:</strong> Did you ever question that you chose the wrong occupation&nbsp; &mdash; especially when the tapes were released? Did you think that, 'I&rsquo;m sick of this and I chose the wrong job'?<br /> </em><strong>GIBSON:</strong> [<em>Hesitates</em>] There are a lot of instances over the years, with the loss of personal anonymity, you&rsquo;ll always look back at. Nobody warns you about that. You walk into that arena and your intentions are fairly pure &mdash; you just want to be good at what you do and do what you love to do. That&rsquo;s all. It takes on another side life. There are all these side streets that you really have no control over. One looks back with regret on that. There was a moment where there was a fork in the road where you could have chosen one way or the other. For example, I know people because they know me, they&rsquo;ve chosen another way because they don&rsquo;t like what it does. You go back and say, if I could go back and make that choice again, I&rsquo;d make a different choice. It&rsquo;s unfortunate that I was 21 or 22 years old when I made the choice because without benefit of experience or any kind of maturity, one makes a choice in the spur of the moment, that you again can&rsquo;t put the toothpaste back in the tube.&nbsp;</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em><strong>WEINER:</strong> There are other things you could do to stay out of the public eye. You could write.<br /> </em><strong>GIBSON:</strong> I&rsquo;m writing now. I&rsquo;m writing on three different things. That&rsquo;s what I&rsquo;ve been doing this whole time is writing. I&rsquo;m always writing. There is always a story brewing in my head. It&rsquo;s been productive.&nbsp;</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em><strong>WEINER:</strong> It just seems that if you could only act, that would be one thing. There are other things that have less exposure.<br /> </em><strong>GIBSON:</strong> I walked away from acting for eight years and tried to make the choice that I should have made when I was 21. But, it doesn&rsquo;t make any difference. Nothing changed. You can&rsquo;t put the toothpaste back in the tube.&nbsp;</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em><strong>WEINER:</strong> Do you remember where you were when the tapes scandal broke? What was your reaction?<br /> </em><strong>GIBSON:</strong> I don&rsquo;t remember a bunch. What came first? The chicken or the egg. <em>The Beaver</em> was completed. We&rsquo;d finished shooting, I think.&nbsp;</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em><strong>WEINER:</strong> Before the tapes were leaked on line, you&rsquo;d reached a $16 million settlement agreement with Oksana, right?<br /> </em><strong>GIBSON:</strong> I can&rsquo;t really talk about that.&nbsp;</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em><strong>WEINER:</strong> Well, it has been reported that you reached a $16 million dollar settlement with Oksana and she signed the agreement. And then, shortly after agreeing to the settlement, she rejected it and the tapes were leaked to RadarOnline only days later.</em> [Gibson says nothing.] <em>So, when did you first find out that tapes had been made of your private conversations?<br /> </em><strong>GIBSON:</strong> I really can&rsquo;t talk about this stuff. It&rsquo;s all kind of &hellip; There are a lot of things pending, custody and all kinds of things that I can&rsquo;t even go into. Put it this way, for the sake of my daughter and the rest of my children, I really can&rsquo;t talk about this. There are all sorts of legal things pending.&nbsp;</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em><strong>WEINER:</strong> What are you dealing with in terms of legal things?<br /> </em><strong>GIBSON:</strong> Everybody has a dog in the fight but me, oddly enough. I haven&rsquo;t got a lawsuit out on anyone because I think it&rsquo;s extremely&hellip; You have to think about your children. That&rsquo;s all there is to it. I can&rsquo;t really discuss this. There&nbsp;are a lot of delicate and sensitive issues and I don&rsquo;t want to be the cause of grief to any of my children or to friends or family or associates on either side because it&rsquo;s a matter that should be dealt with. It&rsquo;s important to me that it&rsquo;s dealt with correctly and it&rsquo;s important that I maintain my integrity through this for the sake of those I love. So speaking about it is just not on and apart from anything else, I&rsquo;m prohibited by court order.&nbsp;Now, the system is flawed as we know, but you&rsquo;ve got to ride with that. I think that it will all eventually come out in the wash and I&rsquo;m depending on that. I have a lot of faith in that. Even though any organization, anybody, will always be flawed or not perfect in many ways. But at the end of the day, they&rsquo;re trying to work in a fashion that achieves some kind of justice. I&rsquo;m going to hook my hitch onto that and follow that through. Perhaps some time I will go on and comment in a more full way. But even if the judge hadn&rsquo;t put some kind of court order on me, I think I&rsquo;d stay mum on a lot of these things just out of consideration for Lucia and my other children and my grandchildren and friends and family. It doesn&rsquo;t do any good. Maybe, when this is all over and hopefully, justice is achieved. Maybe I could say something. But I&rsquo;d never want to leave anything lying around that would... a lot of damage has been done. I don&rsquo;t want to add to it.&nbsp;</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em><strong>WEINER:</strong> Let&rsquo;s talk about what you plead to in court regarding allegations that you hit Grigorieva.<br /> </em><strong>GIBSON:</strong> I was allowed to end the case and still maintain my innocence. It&rsquo;s called a West plea and it&rsquo;s not something that prosecutors normally allow. But in my case, the prosecutors and the judge agreed that it was the right thing to do. I could have continued to fight this for years and it probably would have come out fine. But I ended it for my children and my family. This was going to be such a circus. You don&rsquo;t drag other people in your life through this sewer needlessly, so I&rsquo;ll take the hit and move on.&nbsp;</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em><strong>WEINER:</strong> How did you find yourself in the position to make some of these many bad choices? When you were pulled over for the DUI in Malibu, weren&rsquo;t you separated from your wife?<br /> </em><strong>GIBSON:</strong> The next day.&nbsp;</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em><strong>WEINER:</strong> Were you having problems before that?<br /> </em><strong>GIBSON:</strong> Marriage is marriage. Everybody has problems. I don&rsquo;t want to really talk about that either.&nbsp;</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em><strong>WEINER:</strong> What I was trying to get at&nbsp;is that you found yourself without your family after a long marriage.&nbsp;Were you in a good frame of mind?<br /> </em><strong>GIBSON:</strong> I doubt it.&nbsp;It&rsquo;s nobody&rsquo;s business, my separation, my divorce, any of that stuff. It&rsquo;s out there, okay, so it happened. As to the details, I have precious little to keep to myself. And if I can even hold on to even painful things for myself, so be it.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em><strong>WEINER:</strong> At this point, you seem to have made it past the worst of the tape scandal. How are you feeling about things?<br /> </em><strong>GIBSON:</strong> The main thing is that it was terribly humiliating and painful for my family, all my kids.&nbsp;</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em><strong>WEINER:</strong> Did they talk to you about that?<br /> </em><strong>GIBSON:</strong> Yeah, we spoke. And I had to speak to them with everyone but my youngest who is blissfully unaware, thank God. Well, she may be aware of it one day, and at that time, I guess I&rsquo;ll just address that. I spent thirty years keeping them away from this kind of thing and I was quite successful. So why should I start now dragging them through that stuff? You try to manage that.&nbsp;</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em><strong>WEINER:</strong> Let&rsquo;s talk about</em> The Beaver<em>. It&rsquo;s getting amazing reviews &mdash; there was just an incredible on by Richard Roeper. Was it a movie that everyone wanted to do?<br /> </em><strong>GIBSON:</strong> Nobody wanted to do it. It was always on the top of the pile for scripts that don&rsquo;t get done but that should have been done.&nbsp;</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em><strong>WEINER:</strong> Because?<br /> </em><strong>GIBSON:</strong> I don&rsquo;t think anybody really had a notion of really had to grapple with it. It really could have gone in several different directions. There were three main ways it could have gone. When I read it, I chose a different way to what Jodie did. She said you have to read it and tell me what you think.&nbsp;</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em><strong>WEINER:</strong> What was Jodie&rsquo;s take? And how were the differences between you two resolved?<br /> </em><strong>GIBSON:</strong> It&rsquo;s called trust. She&rsquo;s very decisive and she&rsquo;s very smart and she had a very clear vision of what she wanted.&nbsp;I was thinking, I&rsquo;ll go for the yucks or something more obvious. I&rsquo;d go in there with that inclination&nbsp;because that&rsquo;s in me, and&nbsp;that would be counter-productive. Because her vision and what she&rsquo;s trying to do with the film would not have been served by my shtick. What&rsquo;s the reality of a guy who&rsquo;s using a puppet to express himself? What&rsquo;s the reality of that? That can happen.&nbsp;</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em><strong>WEINER:</strong> During the film, you actually find yourself looking at the puppet when it's talking.<br /> </em><strong>GIBSON:</strong> The idea was almost to kind of disappear a little bit. Or there were balances you had to hit. It&rsquo;s the way it&rsquo;s shot. He&rsquo;s almost always a two shot. Walter and the Beaver is almost a two shot &mdash; there are very few close-ups. And, that was brave of her. I thought, oh my God. I was like, throw a close-up of the <em>Beaver</em> so I can relax. [<em>He collapses back on the couch with laughter</em>.]&nbsp;</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em><strong>WEINER:</strong> I thought the family and the father being at the center and how everyone reacts he gets the puppet was really moving.<br /> </em><strong>GIBSON:</strong> It&rsquo;s a band-aid that he needs to sort of get through a really hard time . Because he&rsquo;s walked so far out, there&rsquo;s only the puppet left. I found that really interesting. How far people will go and how strong we are to really be able to survive terrible trauma. Whether it&rsquo;s PTSD or guys who come back from war? How do the World War II guys or the Vietnam guys survive that? When this latest group come back, it&rsquo;s going to be fireworks because I don&rsquo;t think we have the mechanisms in place for them to adjust as easily.&nbsp;</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em><strong>WEINER:</strong> But there is a feeling expressed by wife and the older son in the movie that Walter is being depressed on purpose.<br /> </em><strong>GIBSON:</strong> Right. 'He&rsquo;s doing this to us. He embarrasses us. He doesn&rsquo;t care about us because he&rsquo;s so trapped in himself.' And, depression is like that. It&rsquo;s somewhere one can be caught. You can get stuck there. Initially, it does stem from a certain amount of egotism. You have to say, okay, I&rsquo;m not the most important thing here and you have to travel towards humilities.&nbsp;What does it do to everyone around in the family? It is an illness. It is a disease. And, I think there is a better understanding of it. A guy said to me one time, something really profound, and it&rsquo;s so simple.&nbsp;It&rsquo;s that depression lies. It&rsquo;s a liar and you have to shut it down. There is nothing that alleviates it more than going out and doing something for someone else. It&rsquo;s almost like instant healing. Get away from yourself. People can&rsquo;t even get out of bed and it gets really severe. I&rsquo;ve never been at that stage. Everyone goes through low and high and low and high and some people are blessed to be created on an even keel all the way through&mdash;but not me.&nbsp;</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em><strong>WEINER:</strong> You&rsquo;ve battled&nbsp;it?<br /> </em><strong>GIBSON:</strong> Of course. I think the majority of people do&mdash;especially. It has something to do with the speed of life and the information overload.&nbsp;</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em><strong>WEINER:</strong> Is that why you were looking for a project like this with Jodie? She said that you guys were fascinated by desperation and had been looking for a long time to do a movie that explores what people do when they&rsquo;re truly desperate.<br /> </em><strong>GIBSON:</strong> Yes, we were looking. I read it and I saw the odd quirky humor and at the same time, the very profound undertone of what happens to us and what can happen to us and how do you handle that. What&rsquo;s the solution to that? What&rsquo;s the answer to life&rsquo;s question pass the halfway point? I think we&rsquo;re all past the halfway point &mdash; jeez, I hope so.We had conversations about, boy, I can understand why the guy doesn&rsquo;t want to get out of bed. Not that I ever didn&rsquo;t get out of bed. I did have a couple of days like that in my life where you&rsquo;ve been working seven days a week &mdash; it&rsquo;s like leave me alone.&nbsp;</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em><strong>WEINER:</strong> So you were drawn to this script for a lot of personal reasons.<br /> </em><strong>GIBSON:</strong> We all present a version of ourselves whether you&rsquo;ve got a puppet on your hand or not. To actually be very real out there in a public way, why?&nbsp;</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em><strong>WEINER:</strong> The thing that struck me about the movie is that it does have it&rsquo;s funny moments, but...<br /> </em><strong>GIBSON:</strong> But it&rsquo;s not humorous. When I first read it, it made me laugh until I cried. He was so pathetic, this guy. I understood that aspect of him. Every aspect of it &mdash; the drinking, the obsessive compulsive kind of stuff, and that he&rsquo;s tried everything. Oh yeah. [<em>Laughs</em>] What&rsquo;s the answer for this stuff? And there is an answer. There has to be an answer. There&rsquo;s nothing that can afflict humankind that doesn&rsquo;t have an answer, hasn&rsquo;t got an anecdote.&nbsp;</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em><strong>WEINER:</strong> Is there closure in the movie?<br /> </em><strong>GIBSON:</strong> In a way, but not completely. There are solutions and it doesn&rsquo;t all happen like that. [<em>Snaps his fingers</em>.] Bad things happen like that. But good things all take time &mdash; growth, healing, that all takes time. That process &mdash; how bad it can get and embarking on the solution. There are solutions and you&rsquo;ll find them, as you go, it&rsquo;s a leap of faith in a lot of cases.&nbsp;</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em><strong>WEINER:</strong> At least you believe you&rsquo;re going somewhere else after this. I&rsquo;m not even sure, although I have moments.<br /> </em><strong>GIBSON:</strong> I have to believe that otherwise, I&rsquo;m out of here now. Dr. Kevorkian... But you&rsquo;ve got to have that belief, boy.&nbsp;</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em><strong>WEINER:</strong>&nbsp;When I watched the movie, I had to stop laughing because it&rsquo;s kind of pathetic and you don&rsquo;t feel right laughing. It's so bad and so much suffering for Walter.<br /> </em><strong>GIBSON:</strong> It should make you a little uncomfortable. And all the other characters, many of them don&rsquo;t signal the uncomfortable feeling &mdash; but Jodie&rsquo;s does.&nbsp;It&rsquo;s rock bottom. Rock bottom. It&rsquo;s like building back from rock bottom.&nbsp;</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em><strong>WEINER:</strong> Somehow, you found rock bottom.<br /> </em><strong>GIBSON:</strong> [<em>Laughs</em>] Somehow.&nbsp;</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em><strong>WEINER:</strong> You&rsquo;re very quiet in this film. We haven&rsquo;t seen you act in such a quiet fashion in a while.<br /> </em><strong>GIBSON:</strong> I haven&rsquo;t done that in a while.&nbsp;But it was fun working with the puppet. And when you&rsquo;re doing it, you&rsquo;re not aware of it. What&rsquo;s this thing doing? Is it looking at the camera? (<em>Laughs</em>) Really.&nbsp;</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em><strong>WEINER:</strong> Were you afraid you&rsquo;d look silly?<br /> </em><strong>GIBSON:</strong> Yes. I was like, that was alright? And she&rsquo;d go, 'Yeah.' And I say, yeah? She&rsquo;d say, 'Yeah, it was fine. Let&rsquo;s move on.' [<em>Looks hesitant</em>.] But I never saw it.&nbsp;</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em><strong>WEINER:</strong> Did you practice at home to see if it looked ridiculous?<br /> </em><strong>GIBSON:</strong> Yeah. And it did look ridiculous.&nbsp;</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em><strong>WEINER:</strong> You don&rsquo;t look like a very glamorous movie star in this film. You actually look kind of bad.<br /> </em><strong>GIBSON:</strong> I was a little porky. There was a sallow, unhealthful glow which was purposeful.&nbsp;</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em><strong>WEINER:</strong> Did you care about not looking that great in the film about you...?<br /> </em><strong>GIBSON:</strong> Oh, my&nbsp;vanity? Well, everyone is vain. I knew I looked bad in it. It sort of fits. The guys been doing drum circles, and eating pills, and drinking. He starts to come back to some modicum of health.&nbsp;</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em><strong>WEINER:</strong> Do you worry about that? Do you try to stay fit?<br /> </em><strong>GIBSON:</strong> Yeah, you do stuff like that. [<em>Whispers with a smile</em>.] Nobody wants to see my belly button on my chin. I don&rsquo;t like it when I see somebody else&rsquo;s belly button on their chin. It&rsquo;s the way things go. Hey, I do what I can to sort of just stave off the clock &mdash; walk, swim, try and smoke an electric cigarette. I mean it&rsquo;s all bad for you. Life is bad. We&rsquo;re all dying. We&rsquo;re all in the process of oxidizing. Everyone of us is in the process of oxidizing so to sort of interrupt one aspect of that while everything else goes on, it&rsquo;s a freak show.&nbsp;</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em><strong>WEINER:</strong> Is it hard to have a new baby at your age?<br /> </em><strong>GIBSON:</strong> No. Not at all. That&rsquo;s the best thing. That&rsquo;s just great. It&rsquo;s just &mdash; look, children are just amazing gifts. The whole journey of discovery again and having a different perspective now. It&rsquo;s different. You learn. I mean, I have a daughter who is&nbsp;30 and I have a daughter who is 18 months. And the 18 month is getting 30 years of benefit.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em><strong>WEINER:</strong> Can you go out alone or with your family and not be followed right now?<br /> </em><strong>GIBSON:</strong> Yeah, it happens sometimes. You ain&rsquo;t seen much of me recently. It&rsquo;s doable.&nbsp;Yeah, I go out. I do what I need to do. Life goes on. It&rsquo;s part of your job to be out there. But there are aspects that you don&rsquo;t necessarily want and sometimes they are completely unavoidable. You get blindsided and try to deal with it in a pragmatic way.</p>
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